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Conservative Bioethics and the Search for Wisdom
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 36, Number 1, January-February 2006
- pp. 44-56
- 10.1353/hcr.2006.0004
- Article
- Additional Information
"Conservative" bioethics is informed by a rich view of human personhood, a decent respect for the well-considered views of people across the political spectrum, and a philosophy of the state carefully calibrated to ensure that imperfect people can live together in community. The deepest disagreements between conservatives and liberals are rooted in different ways of understanding the moral ideal of equality.